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Software for presenting and recording
- 1. Software for Presenting and Recording Jörn Loviscach
- 2. In this video: • General decisions • Software for: • Auxiliary software Presenting Recording Recording and editing Presenting and recording
- 3. General decisions • Tasks: – Presentation – Audio/video recording – Editing • Specialized vs. integrated software • Choice of platform
- 4. Software for presenting • Prezi • Adobe Reader DC • Windows Journal • GIMP
- 5. Software for recording Record several Windows devices in parallel: • TheRec by ELAN e.V. • Microsoft Expression Encoder
- 6. Software for recording and editing • Audio: Audacity • Screen, audio, webcam: TechSmith Camtasia Studio
- 7. Software for presenting and recording • PowerPoint; Keynote: audio • PowerPoint with Office Mix: record webcam and screen, work slide by slide • SMART Notebook; OpenSankoré • Explain Everything; VideoScribe
- 8. Auxiliary software • ManyCam • Big cursor • Highlight for the pen
- 9. The LoCoMoTion project is funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Editor's Notes
- Software for presenting and recording. There is a wealth of tools for showing slides, for drawing, and to capture audio and video.
- To give you an overview of what‘s available at no or low cost and what is reasonable, I‘ll start with some general ideas about which software to choose. To provide some structure, I have formed four categories of software, starting with presentation-only and ending with all-in-one-tools. Finally, there is some auxiliary software. I will mention lots of concrete products; but keep in mind that these are only examples. Look into our updated link list for more. You may even contribute to that list.
- There are three main jobs: We need software to support the presentation, for instance by displaying slides or by acting as a virtual whiteboard. We need software to record audio and video, at least if we‘re not using a camcorder exclusively. And we need software to be able to edit what we‘ve recorded. Some tools cover only one of these jobs, which tends to make them more versatile. Some tools cover all of these jobs, which makes them easier and quicker to handle; this sounds like the way to go for a lean production. In this video I only look into editing as one in a bundle of functions. I will cover full-blown editing software in another video. As you pick a software tool to use, you will most often also have decided whether it‘s an app for a tablet or an application for a desktop computer. Most apps are available for both iOS and Android; most desktop software is available for both Windows and MacOS.
- Let‘s start with software that supports only one job: presenting. Including some not-so-obvious choices. Prezi with its tumbling and zooming used to be hot; maybe it caused too much motion sickness. Adobe unlocks more and more functions in its free Adobe Reader. Among these functions is one to annotate PDFs. You can use screen recording software to record you making such annotations and talking about what you are doing. This process is the same for the next two tools. Windows Journal -- a program that‘s included with Windows – is what I had used for years in my mathematics videos. Just a nice and clean tool for writing and drawing. If you like pencil strokes or simulated paint brushes, you can use the open source image editor GIMP. Again, you would write and draw in real time and capture what you say and do with screen recording software.
- There are lots of recording programs. I want to mention two underrated choices for Windows. Both can capture from several devices -- for instance several webcams -- in parallel. And both can, with some properly added software, also record the computer‘s screen. TheRec for Windows is a free, very lean and straightfoward program. Microsoft Expression Encoder is highly evolved software, just look at the screen capture tool here. It is free but was abandoned by Microsoft in 2014, however. You can no longer upgrade to the former paid version.
- I want to mention two very different programs as examples for software that can do both recording and editing. First up is Audacity, an open-source, cross-plattform program for audio editing that of course also does audio recording. It is suited particularly well for longer recordings because should there be a crash, Audacity can easily recover almost all of what it has recorded. The second program that combines recording with editing is Camtasia Studio. That‘s commercial software for MacOS and Windows. Maybe you can get away with the free 30-day-offer if you hurry. Camtasia Studio records from the computer‘s screen, from a microphone and from a webcam. You can even use it for drawing and to create multiple-choice quizzes.
- Now, finally, we come to the type of software that I find most promising for a lean MOOC production: software that integrates presentation and recording and possibly a little editing. The strategy that I would suggest is: Do the presentation and the recording in small pieces of just a minute or two. If you‘re not happy, don‘t edit, but try it again. The quote big unquote presentation programs Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote can of course record audio narration along with the timing of the slides. That‘s nothing compared to what you can do with Microsoft‘s add-in Office Mix für PowerPoint: It also records the webcam and captures the annotations that you make on a tablet as animated strokes. These recordings become part of the slides, which turns PowerPoint into a video editor. The nicest thing is that you can correct typos in your slides after the recording. In case you were wondering, Office Mix is what I‘m using for this very video. There are drawing and screen recording tools mostly intended for interactive whiteboards. SMART Notebook is the commercial choice, OpenSankoré the open source alternative. Lastly, there is a huge range of apps for Android and iOS that record handwritten explanations and audio. If you are looking for a fancy style, VideoScribe may be the way to go. It simulates a hand that writes and draws at high speed.
- To finish, I want to mention software that is not fundamental but might come in handy. First up is ManyCam, of which there is a free basic version. It takes the image from your webcam and creates a new virtual webcam to be used in almost all Windows programs that work with a webcam. The picture of the virtual webcam may have added text, changed colors, may be rotated and so on. If you pay, then you can even use a green screen effect. If you want to demonstrate software in your videos, it is vital to use a conspicuous mouse cursor. If you record a whiteboard application from the computer‘s screen, you need software that highlights the position of the pen. This way, your audience knows what you are working at. And you can use the pen for pointing. We have added some choices for big cursors and for highlighting to our link list.